The Irish Blood Transfusion Board (IBTS) are the same. If you are a male and have had sex with another male you are forbiddon for life. Its totally fucked up. I think that gay men are the most safe when it comes to sex, because of the HIV/Aids risk.

Although the IBTS has made some major errors in the past. In the 70's and 80's they let infected blood products be used in transfusions. 1000's of people were found to have contracted Hepatitis C. This came out in the 90's and was a massive scandal and it cost the IBTS in the region of half a billion euro.